JPH0553941A - Work station with preferential mail display function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display the reception of mail at real time without necessity for always opening a window for mail list display at the work station to be used while being connected to a communication network. CONSTITUTION:When an operation control part 11 judges the reception of mail data through a communication interface 19 based on the file control during a normal control processing, the window for mail list display is forcedly opened in the prescribed area of a display part 15 through a display controller 14, and a mail list obtained with the file control of the mail data is read from a large capacity filing device 12 and displayed in the window.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a workstation having a mail display priority function which is used by connecting to a communication network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a communication network in which a plurality of workstations are connected, each workstation can send and receive mail data.

That is, by transmitting the mail data by designating the station code of the destination workstation, the workstation matching the station code itself receives the transmitted mail data, and the received mail data is The headline (sender, title, date and time of receipt, etc.) is added to the mail list, and the contents are filed on a magnetic disk or the like.

Here, in order for the user to see the heading for receiving the mail data, it is necessary to start the mail program and open the window for displaying the mail list. The mail data sent from another workstation must be displayed. If the user wants to see the headline immediately upon receiving it, it is necessary to open the window for displaying the mail list on a part of the display screen during any processing.

[0005]

However, if the window for displaying the mail is always open on the display screen, it will be very disturbing to perform other processing. Start the mail program, check the heading of mail data reception, and see the contents. However, this does not allow real-time viewing of urgent mail data.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems,
The purpose is to provide a workstation with a mail display priority function that can display the received mail data and its headline in real time without having to keep the mail list display window open all the time. To do.

[0007]

That is, a workstation provided with a mail display priority function according to the present invention,
It has a function to send and receive mail data and manages the received mail data as a file. The mail reception judgment means for judging that the above mail data has been received and the judgment for mail data reception are made by this judgment means. When
And a mail display means for displaying the mail data managed by the file.

[0008]

That is, for example, urgent mail data can be immediately displayed in response to the reception of the mail data.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a workstation having a mail display priority function. In FIG.
Is an operation control unit, 12 is a large-capacity file device, 13 is a main memory, 14 is a display controller, 15 is a display unit, 16 is a keyboard interface, 17 is a keyboard, 18 is a pointer device, 19 is a communication interface, and 20 is a system bus. , 21 are communication networks.

The arithmetic control unit 11 controls the operation of each circuit unit based on various control programs stored in advance in the large-capacity file device 12 such as a magnetic disk device in response to a key operation signal from the keyboard 17 and is desired by the user. The display data associated with the execution of various control processes is expanded in the frame buffer 14a of the display controller 14 and displayed and output on the display unit 15. Here, when the arithmetic control unit 11 performs the overlapping process, the display data associated with each control process is expanded and displayed in a plurality of windows.

On the other hand, the mail data transmitted to the own work station on the communication network 21 is received through the communication interface 19, and the mail data received through this communication interface 19 is the header data (sender, title). , Receipt date and time) is added as a mail list, and the contents are stored in the large capacity file device 12 from the main memory 13.

FIG. 2 shows the storage state of the mail list in the workstation having the above-mentioned mail display priority function. Each time new mail data is received, the sender, title, and reception date and time are listed as heading data. Added to.

When new mail data is added to the mail list, the arithmetic control unit 11 forcibly expands the window for displaying the mail list in the frame buffer 14a of the display controller 14. And is displayed at a predetermined position on the display unit 15.

FIG. 3 shows the window display state of the mail list in the workstation having the above-mentioned mail display priority function. The window area W associated with various control processes is shown.
For 1, W2, ..., the window M for displaying the mail list
Is opened with the lower right part of the display being a predetermined position.

In this case, the mail data reception process,
The list joining process and the file process are executed according to the mail reception program, the judgment process of the mail data reception presence or absence is executed according to the main control management program, and the window display process of the mail list is executed according to the mail display program. Therefore, the respective mail data processing programs are stored in the large capacity file device 12 in advance. Next, the operation of receiving and displaying the mail data in the workstation having the mail display priority function with the above configuration will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a mail receiving process in a workstation having a mail display priority function. When mail data specifying this workstation code is received by the communication interface 19, this mail data is temporarily changed. While being filed in the large-capacity file device 12 through the main memory 13, the header data thereof is newly added to the mail list on the main memory 13 and stored in the large-capacity file device 12 (steps A1 to A3). In this case, the file address of the mail list and the file address of its content data are managed in association with each other.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the mail display processing in the workstation having the mail display priority function. During the other control processing by the arithmetic control unit 11,
When it is determined that mail data has been received by this workstation based on the mail data file control associated with the mail receiving process, the arithmetic control unit 11 controls the display controller 14 in a predetermined area of the frame buffer 14a. The window M for displaying the mail list is opened (steps B1 to B3).

For the window M for displaying the mail list in the frame buffer 14a, the mail list previously stored in the large-capacity file device 12 is read and expanded in the mail receiving process. The heading data indicating the mail data just received by this workstation is displayed on the display unit 15 (step B4).

Here, when the user wants to see the contents of the mail data shown in the above-mentioned mail list, the contents of the mail data are stored in a large capacity by operating the pointer device 18 to designate the corresponding mail list. It is read from the file device 12 and displayed on the display unit 15 through the display controller 14.

Therefore, according to the work station having the mail display priority function having the above-mentioned configuration, the fact that the mail data is received through the communication interface 19 during the normal control processing means that the arithmetic control unit 11 is operated based on the file control. If it is determined by the above, the window M for displaying the mail list is forcibly opened in a predetermined area of the display unit 15 through the display controller 14, and the mail list obtained by the file control of the mail data is enlarged. Since the configuration is such that the window is read from the capacity file device 12 and displayed on the window M, even if the window for displaying the mail is not always opened unlike the conventional workstation, the mail data and the like requiring an emergency can be immediately responded to upon reception thereof. You can see it immediately.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, a mail data transmission / reception function is provided, and the received mail data is managed as a file. The mail reception judgment for judging that the above mail data has been received. And a mail display means for displaying the mail data managed by the file when the mail data is judged to be received by this judgment means, so that the window for mail display is always open. It is possible to display in real time that the mail data has been received and its heading without the need.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a workstation having a mail display priority function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a storage state of a mail list in a workstation having the mail display priority function.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a window display state of a mail list in a workstation having the mail display priority function.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a mail receiving process in a workstation having the mail display priority function.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a mail display process in a workstation having the mail display priority function.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Arithmetic control unit, 12 ... Large-capacity file device, 13 ...
Main memory, 14 ... Display controller, 14a ...
Frame buffer, 15 ... Display unit, 16 ... Keyboard interface, 17 ... Keyboard, 18 ... Pointer device, 19 ... Communication interface, 20 ... System bus, 21 ... Communication network.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A workstation having a mail data transmission / reception function and a mail display priority function for file management of received mail data, and a mail reception judging means for judging that the mail data has been received. A workstation having a mail display priority function, comprising: mail display means for displaying the mail data managed by the file when the mail data is judged to be received by the judging means.